When you find a ’72 Dodge Colt wagon and an ’83 Mitsubishi Cordia within 15 feet of one another in a self-service junkyard, what more could you ask for? Why, you could go for the Mitsubishi Trifecta and ask for a Plymouth Sapporo right next to both of them! (Read More…)
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Chrysler spent a couple of decades selling Mitsubishis and Simcas with Dodge and Plymouth badges in North America, and the Mitsubishi Galant/Lancer-based Colt line went through the most twists and turns. At first, Plymouth-branded Colts were sold as Champs, but by the mid-1980s both the Dodge and Plymouth versions were called Colts. The difference? Damn if I can find one that goes deeper than emblems. (Read More…)
Posted in Down On The Junkyard
Tagged as 1980s, 1986, 1986 Plymouth Colt, Badge Engineering, captive import, Chrysler, Denver, Dodge Colt, Down On The Junkyard, junkyard, Junkyard Find, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Colt, Plymouth, Plymouth Colt
Tagged as 1980s, 1986, 1986 Plymouth Colt, Badge Engineering, captive import, Chrysler, Denver, Dodge Colt, Down On The Junkyard, junkyard, Junkyard Find, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Colt, Plymouth, Plymouth Colt
The single trim level is what tipped us off, and if we’d looked closer at its spec sheet, we’d have seen that its manufacturing location is listed as “Rüsselsheim, Germany.” Automotive News [sub] reports that Regal will be built in Germany for 15 months before production shifts to Oshawa. Which makes the Regal even more of an odd duck. In addition to being stuck into GM’s bursting lineup of Epsi-II midsize sedans, it’s also losing whatever profit it might have made on the dismal foreign exchange rate and the boat ride over from Europe. Or it will be just plain overpriced. Think of it as the love child between a Saturn Astra and a Pontiac G8. And another sign that some things never change.
Posted in Germany, New Cars, News Blog
Tagged as Buick, captive import, Europe, Germany, GM, import, Opel, oshawa, Pontiac G8, Saturn Astra
Tagged as Buick, captive import, Europe, Germany, GM, import, Opel, oshawa, Pontiac G8, Saturn Astra
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